Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich

Admiral Grigorovich at anchor in 2016.
History
Russia
Name: Admiral Grigorovich
Namesake: Ivan Grigorovich
Builder: Yantar Shipyard
Laid down: 18 December 2010
Launched: 14 March 2014
Commissioned: 11 March 2016
Identification: 745
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate
Displacement:
  • Standard: 3,620 tons
  • Full: 4,035 tons
Length: 124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft COGAG;
  • 2 DS-71 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW);
  • 2 DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ;
  • Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Air search radar: Fregat M2EM
  • Surface search radar: 3Ts-25E Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
  • Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10E Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EW Suite: TK-25E-5;
  • Countermeasures:
  • 4 × KT-216
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-27PL or Ka-31 helicopter

Admiral Grigorovich is the lead frigate of the Admiral Grigorovich of the Russian Navy. It is based with the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol.

Admiral Grigorovich targeted terrorists in Syria with Kalibr cruise missiles during November 2016.[1]

The ship was deployed to the waters off Syria in response to the United States cruise missile strike of Shayrat Airbase which took place on the morning of 7 April 2017.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Russian Admiral Grigorovich Frigate Targets Terrorists in Syria With Missiles". Sputnik International. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Russian Warship Steaming Toward U.S Destroyers Off Syria Coast". MintPress News. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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